Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-29
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

Alvin Culver, an old citizen of
Tylersburg, Clarion county, was
found dead, hanging by the neck to
tree in the woods, near town, last
Thursday evening. He was about
fortv.fve wears old and unmarried.
MIR. James Criswell, of Slippery
rock twp, Lawrence county, ploWed,
narrowed and sowed with oats, nine
acres of land without any assistance,
in four days of last week, and says he
can do it again any time.
An Armstrong county man In
answer to an advertisement, sent $40
for the finest feed cutter in America
and in return got 3 set of false
| teeth.
w. D. Riders four-story tinware
mandatory at Franklin, Pa , was
burned last Thursday. Loss $50, 600
Insurance about $25 000.
The grist mill of Thomas G.
Morrison, about two miles west of
Grove City, was totally destroyed by
fire on Saturday morning last. The
morning was rather cool and Mr..
Chas. Denniston, who had gone to
mill and Mr. Morrison made on fire
with cohs. They sat down to warm
by it and shortly discovered the mill
to be on fire. The flames were first
seen on the roof, and if enough help
had been there it could probably have
been saved. The mill burned to-
gether with most of its contents. Mr..
Morrison had just got the roller pro-
cess put in his mill 1t was insured
for SO 900, $4,000 Of which ne is not
certain about as be had sent in to
have the policy renewed and had not
vet received word from the company.
A citizen of Mercer county, went
home unexpectedly several nights ago
and caught "Pittsburg Blackey,"
who was so thoroughly converted at
the Salvation Army meetings, as he
claimed, and his (the citizen's) wife,
in compromising situation, where
upon The irate husband fred the pious
gentleman p. q He then loaded
up a shotgun and pursued the inter
loper to town, but the bird had flown
and has kept out of that vicinity ever
| since.
The Franklin NelOs thus gleeful-
ly notes two frauds who recently
found some victims in that town:
1.-TWO travelling fekirs recently vic
timized a number of people in this
city by selling them a powder war
ranted to prevent lamps from explod-
ing, which powder" was nothing
more than common salt colored. The
same rascals are making hit in other
towns It is pleasure to learn OF
their success. Persons who buy
goods or notions from itinerating ped
dlers deserve to be bitten. They are
always ready to take the bait, and
they are in their proper element when
foundering among the other suckers
in the net of the fool-catcher.
"A Beaver Falls young lady is so
full of electricity, says an exchange,
that in recent experiment with a
steel hairpin worn in her hair all day
the pin was so thoroughly magnetic
ed that it held up sixty-nine needles
when attached to it by the points.
When the hair of the young lady is
stroked in the dark it emits sparks,
and when she walks in quiet room
queer cracking noise can be heard,
as if some ore was crushing nutshells.
To touch her is to receive shock as
from a magnetic battery, and it is
said that recently a young man put
his arms around her waist and was
knocked fat and almost paralyzed.
New Castle has curiosity ia
the shape of an eighteen year old boy
who hangs about glass factory and
eats glass. He takes piece OF
double-thick and eats it with the sat
isfaction of country youth with a
stick of circus candy. He lays g piece
of window glass between two slices
of bread and enjoys the sandwich bet
ter than the average New Castleite
does beef sandwich since the recent
/, discoveries by the board of health.
He will travel with circus this sum
mer.
A Cambria county man has been
sent to Jail for non-payment of taxes
amounting to $l.05.